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ZURICH, Sept 24 – A potential lurch to the left in Germany’s election on Sunday is scaring millionaires into moving assets into Switzerland, bankers and tax lawyers say. If the...

UK vows to resolve trucker shortage BP closes some petrol stations Britain to boost HGV driver testing LONDON, Sept 24 – Britain on Friday vowed to do whatever it takes...

Sept 24 – Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has filed an intent to appeal with the Minnesota state appellate court in his murder conviction for the death of George...

The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday said it was “admirable” of the South to propose a formal end to the Korean War but demanded...

CIUDAD ACUNA, Mexico, Sept 24 – Mexican officials are urging Haitians on the Texas border trying to reach the United States to give up and return to Mexico’s frontier with...

UNITED NATIONS — The right-wing populist government in Hungary is attracting conservative thinkers from the United States who admire its approaches to migration, LGBT issues and national sovereignty — all...

Mark Milde, the race director of the Berlin Marathon, says the priority is on safety — rather than world records — for this Sunday’s race to ensure the expected field...

SHANGHAI, Sept 24 – The crisis at property giant China Evergrande Group poses a $305 billion conundrum for President Xi Jinping: how to impose financial discipline without fuelling social unrest....

ABOARD THE OCEAN WARRIOR in the eastern Pacific Ocean — It’s 3 a.m., and after five days plying through the high seas, the Ocean Warrior is surrounded by an atoll...

TOKYO, Sept 24 – Japan’s widening wealth gap has emerged as a key issue in a ruling party leadership contest that will decide who becomes the next prime minister, with...